Mad Hatters Day Nursery Ltd
Good★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Solihull for children from birth to 8+, open 07:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in May 2024. Open since 2014, with 40 places.
What you might pay
This setting does not publish its fees, and no national dataset holds them. This is what childcare costs across the council, as a starting point for the call.
What childcare usually costs in Solihull
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Solihull from the Department for Education's 2025 provider survey. No national data holds what an individual nursery charges, so ring and ask.
Places, hours and the day
Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.
Where it is
B90 4DRWhat the inspector found
One grade is one visit. A run of them tells you whether it has been good for years or has only just got there.
- 18 May 2022 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 9 May 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff are kind, caring and warmly greet children as they arrive. This helps them to feel safe and settled at the nursery. Staff build positive relationships with children who readily approach them if they need cuddles, comfort, or reassurance throughout the day. Children are motivated to learn because staff provide a challenging and ambitious curriculum that meets the children's individual needs.
For example, babies show curiosity as they explore herbs and flowers they have picked in the garden hidden in ice. Older children work together as they use guttering pipes in the garden to build ramps which they use to launch their toy cars down.
Children behave well. Staff support children to help each other as they build a train track, and they encourage children to share the toy trains when the track is finished. Staff praise children for their good behaviours. This helps boost children's confidence and self-esteem. All children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) make good progress in their learning according to their starting points. They are gaining the skills they need to help prepare them for their future learning.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to manage transitions between activities for older children so that they are able to remain focused and engaged n provide children with appropriate space and furniture at mealtimes to better support their developing social skills.
- 9 May 2024Good
- 14 September 2018Good
- 22 March 2016Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Mad Hatters Day Nursery Ltd
- What it costs
- Funded hours
- Youngest age taken
- Meals
- Nappies
- Waiting list
No dataset holds any of this. Two parents telling us the same thing puts it on the page for whoever looks next.
What to ask them
None of this is in any national dataset and this setting has not published it, which is exactly why it is worth asking.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- Can I use my funded hours here? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Is there a place for my child's age? Baby rooms fill first and waiting lists are common.
- Who would my child's key person be? And how long have the staff been there. No dataset holds this and it matters more than anything above.
- Can I visit at a busy time? Mid-morning on a weekday tells you far more than an empty room after hours.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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